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Aug 28 2024

Mortality Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Newly released data on deaths in 2023 reveals some interesting changes in various causes and trends.
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Aug 27 2024

It Really Is Climate Hysteria

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Climate hysteria relies on outright lies and twisting of the actual data, whether it is about warming, sea levels or any other issue.
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Aug 26 2024

More Evidence that Health Care Inflation Is High and Rising

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An association of large employer health plans is also projecting a large 8% increase in health plan costs in 2025.
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Aug 26 2024

Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I finished a reread of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, which is highly relevant to today's world.
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Aug 24 2024

Weekend Climate and Energy Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More research and articles on the climate hysteria and renewable energy follies.
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Aug 24 2024

It Is a Pretty Important Election

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The Dems are exactly who RFK, Jr. said they are, anti-democratic fascists who want to control every aspect of your life. Joy indeed.
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Aug 22 2024

This Week’s Treasury Auctions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This weeks US debt auctions reflect ongoing concerns about inflation and the US deficit and debt burden.
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Aug 22 2024

About Those Weight-loss Drugs

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Some weight loss drugs may be associated with an increase in suicidal ideation.
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Aug 22 2024

Inflation Explained

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Inflation is most often caused by excessive government spending leading to increases in the money supply.
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Aug 21 2024

However Insane You Think the Dems Are, Multiply it by 100 Times

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A video from the DNC shows what a disgraceful bunch of jackasses the Dems have become.
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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Research

This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

Headlines

Color Turquoise Health happy, as it raises $40 million in new capital to support an expansion of its business from price transparency to managing contracts for providers.  Unfortunately the price...
March 18, 2026
Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026

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About This Blog

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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